Retro: This Week in TV Guide, February 4, 1984 - MSP Edition

[Mitchell H]

It's the start of the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, but my focus is on what happened to that sad city in the years since. Plus - Barbara Walters interviews, a great movie week, and cable creep.

http://www.itsabouttv.com/2013/02/this-week-in-tv-guide-february-4-1984.html

As always your comments, positive or negative, are welcome.

Here are the listings for Saturday, February 4. This TV Guide is quite a bit "newer" than most of the issues I've covered, so some programming notes: Channel 5 is now an ABC affiliate instead of NBC; Channel 11 has moved from independent to NBC; Channel 9 is now independent instead of ABC; and there are two additional independent stations - Channels 29 and 41.

Saturday, February 4, 1984
KTCA, Channel 2 (PBS)
Morning
07:00a Sesame Street
08:00a College for Working Adults
08:30a College for Working Adults
09:00a College for Working Adults
09:30a Intro to Technical & Business Communication
10:00a Understanding & Working w/Adolescent
10:30a Child Abuse and Neglect
11:00a Presente
11:30a Tony Brown’s Journal
Afternoon
12:00p Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser
12:30p The McLaughlin Group
01:00p Firing Line (guest: George McGovern)
02:00p People and Causes
02:30p Housewarming with Charlie Wing
03:00p Working Women
03:30p Yan Can Cook
04:00p Motorweek
04:30p Victory Garden
05:00p Nature of Things
Evening
06:00p Sneak Previews
06:30p New This Old House
07:00p Torch of Champions (Olympics)
08:30p Figure Skating
09:00p American Playhouse – “True West”
11:00p Movie – “The Lady Vanishes”
12:30a Austin City Limits (guest Jerry Lee Lewis)

WCCO, Channel 4 (CBS)
Morning
06:00a Captain Kangaroo
07:00a Biskitts
07:30a Saturday Supercade
08:30a Dungeons & Dragons
09:00a Plasticman
09:30a Charlie Brown & Snoopy
10:00a Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince
10:30a Buck Rogers
11:30a Movie – “Tarzan and the Slave Girl” (B&W)
Afternoon
01:00p College Basketball – Boston College vs. Pitt
03:00p College Basketball – Purdue vs Iowa
05:00p Carol Burnett & Friends
05:30p CBS News (Bob Schieffer)
Evening
06:00p News (local)
06:30p Fight Back! wWith David Horowitz
07:00p Whiz Kids
08:00p Airwolf
09:00p Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Benny Hill
11:00p Star Search
12:00a Movie – “Slither”
01:55a News (local)

KSTP, Channel 5 (ABC)
Morning
05:30a Entertainment Tonight (Friday replay)
06:00a Princess Knight, Princess Knight
06:30a Rebop
07:00a Monchhichis
07:30a Little Rascals/Richie Rich
08:00a New Scooby & Scrappy-Doo
08:30a Pac-Man/ Rubik the Amazing Cube
09:30a Kidsworld
10:00a Puppy’s Further Adventures
10:30a Best of Scooby-Doo
11:00a Weekend Special
11:30a Movie – “The Disorderly Orderly”
Afternoon
01:00p Entertainment This Week
02:00p Sportsbeat with Howard Cosell
02:30p Pro Bowlers Tour (Miller High Life Classic from Miami)
04:00p Wide World of Sports (Curry-Starling Welterweight Title Fight)
05:00p At the Movies (reviewing “Broadway Danny Rose”, “The Dresser”)
05:30p Dialogue
Evening
06:00p News (local)
06:30p Taking Advantage
07:00p T.J. Hooker
08:00p Love Boat
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Movie – “Fun With Dick and Jane”
12:25a Movie – “The Thing W/ 2 Heads”
02:10a ABC News (Max Robinson)
02:25a Movie – “Sundown” (B&W)
04:15a Movie – “His Double Life”

KMSP, Channel 9 (Ind.)
Morning
05:30a Rhoda
06:00a News (local)
06:30a Wall Street Journal Report
07:00a The World Tomorrow with Herbert W. Armstrong
07:30a Peter Popoff
08:00a Focus
08:30a Senior Citizens’ Forum
09:00a Bionic Woman
10:00a Bowling
11:00a Wrestling
Afternoon
12:00p Wild, Wild West
01:00p Fantasy Island
02:00p Movie – “The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid”
04:00p Wonder Woman
05:30p Dance Fever
Evening
06:00p Solid Gold
07:00p Salute!
08:00p Lawrence Welk
09:00p Fish
09:30p News
10:00p The Odd Couple
10:30p Movie – “Shane”
12:30a Movie – “Summer and Smoke”
03:00a News (local)
03:30a Movie – “A Matter of Humanities”

WTCN, Channel 11 (NBC)
Morning
05:00a Courtship of Eddie’s Father
05:30a My Three Sons
06:00a Cartoon Carnival
07:00a Flintstone Funnies
07:30a Shirt Tales
08:00a Smurfs
09:30a Alvin and the Chipmunks
10:00a Mr. T
10:30a The Amazing Spider-Man/The Incredible Hulk
11:00a Children’s Theater
11:30a Thundarr
Afternoon
12:00p Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom
12:30p College Basketball – Kentucky vs Alabama
02:30p Tribute to Ray Meyer (time approximate)
03:00p College Basketball – St. John’s vs DePaul
05:00p Newscope (local)
05:30p News (local)
Evening
06:00p NBC News (Connie Chung)
06:30p The Muppet Show
07:00p Diff’rent Strokes
07:30p Silver Spoons
08:00p We Got It Made
08:30p Mama’s Family
09:00p Hollywood’s Sensational Mysteries
10:00p News (local)
10:35p M*A*S*H
11:35p Late Night with David Letterman
12:35a Saturday Night Rocks
01:05a The Six Million Dollar Man
02:05a News (local)
02:40a Movie – “Scorpio”
04:30a Mission: Impossible

WFBT, Channel 29 (Ind.)
Morning
07:00a Lester Sumrall Teaches
07:30a Kingdom Living Today
08:00a Faith Family Bible Study
08:30a Rejoice
09:00a Physicians’ Forum
09:30a The Lone Ranger
11:30a Superbook
Afternoon
12:00p Air Express
12:30p College Basketball – Tulane vs Virginia Tech
02:30p It Takes a Thief
03:30p Alias Smith and Jones
04:30p This Week in Hockey
05:00p Wrestling
Evening
06:00p Children Between Life and Death
07:00p How the West Was Won
08:00p Adam-12
08:30p College Hockey – Minnesota vs Denver
11:00p Movie – “Street Scene” (B&W)
01:05a The 700 Club

KXLI, Channel 41 (Rochester) (Ind.)
Morning
07:00a FNN Financial News
08:00a It’s Your Business
08:30a Perspective
09:00a Tri-County Journal
09:30a U.S. Farm Report
10:00a Weekend Gardener
10:30a How To With Pete
11:00a Golden Link
11:30a Bill Dance Outdoors
Afternoon
12:00p Fishing with Roland Martin
12:30p Greatest Sports Legends
01:00p Road to Los Angeles (Olympics)
02:00p College Basketball – Missouri vs Oklahoma
04:00p Sarajevo ’84 (Olympics)
05:00p Classic Country
Evening
06:00p This Week in Country Music
06:30p America’s Top 10
07:00p Switch
08:00p College Basketball – Illinois vs Northwestern
10:00p Movie – “Call of the Wild”
12:00a Rock Palace

 

[azumanga]

KSTP, Channel 5 (ABC)
02:10a ABC News (Max Robinson)

The previous year, he was one of the three anchors of World News Tonight, along with Frank Reynolds and Peter Jennings -- following Reynolds' death and Jennings becoming sole anchor, Robinson continued as local anchor for WLS Chicago and contributor to ABC News, as well as doing the late network news on weekends.

KMSP, Channel 9 (Ind.)
04:00p Wonder Woman
05:30p Dance Fever

Wasn't "Wonder Woman" an hour series? If so, what was on at 5PM?

03:30a Movie – “A Matter of Humanities”

1969 pilot film for "Marcus Welby, MD, and former "ABC Movie of the Week".

KXLI, Channel 41 (Rochester) (Ind.)

I thought KXLI was based in St. Cloud -- its later satellite, KXLT ch.47, was based in Rochester (and is now the Fox affiliate for that market).

12:00a Rock Palace

Was this the same program as the West German rock series, "Rockpalast"?

 

[Markd]

Would love a weekday and Sunday schedule from that time period...

 

[Mitchell H]

KSTP, Channel 5 (ABC)
02:10a ABC News (Max Robinson)

The previous year, he was one of the three anchors of World News Tonight, along with Frank Reynolds and Peter Jennings -- following Reynolds' death and Jennings becoming sole anchor, Robinson continued as local anchor for WLS Chicago and contributor to ABC News, as well as doing the late network news on weekends.

Always liked Max Robinson - liked the whole ABC World News Tonight lineup, for that matter.

KMSP, Channel 9 (Ind.)
04:00p Wonder Woman
05:30p Dance Fever

Wasn't "Wonder Woman" an hour series? If so, what was on at 5PM?

My bad. "At the Movies" was on Channel 9, not Channel 5. So WWOS ran from 4-5:30.

03:30a Movie – “A Matter of Humanities”

1969 pilot film for "Marcus Welby, MD, and former "ABC Movie of the Week".

The description from the listings: "The ailing Marcus Welby (Robert Young) clashes with a young physician hired as his assistant."

KXLI, Channel 41 (Rochester) (Ind.)

I thought KXLI was based in St. Cloud -- its later satellite, KXLT ch.47, was based in Rochester (and is now the Fox affiliate for that market).

You're right - I thought that looked wrong.

12:00a Rock Palace

Was this the same program as the West German rock series, "Rockpalast"?

Good question - there's nothing in the listing or the Guide that gives any indication.

 

[Mitchell H]

Would love a weekday and Sunday schedule from that time period...

Let's try this one!

Tuesday, February 7, 1984
KTCA, Channel 2 (PBS)
Morning
05:45a AM Weather
06:00a College for Working Adults
06:30a Nightly Business Report
07:00a Intro to Technical and Business Communications
07:30a Mister Rogers
08:00a Sesame Street
09:00a The Electric Company
09:30a 3-2-1 Contact
10:00a High Feather
10:30a Lap Quilting
11:00a Woodwright’s Shop
11:30a Sesame Street
Afternoon
12:30p Mister Rogers
01:00p Movie – “The Lady Vanishes” (B&W)
03:00p Over Easy
03:30p Mister Rogers
04:00p Sesame Street
05:00p 3-2-1 Contact
05:30p Nightly Business Report
Evening
06:00p MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour
07:00p Nature
08:00p Nova
09:00p Seeing Things
10:00p Good Neighbors
10:30p To The Manor Born
11:00p The Pallisters
12:00a Latenight America

WCCO, Channel 4 (CBS)
Morning
05:00a News (local)
05:30a CBS News (Curtis/Sawyer)
08:00a Phil Donahue
09:00a Hour Magazine
10:00a The Price is Right
11:00a Young and the Restless
Afternoon
12:00p Noon Report
12:30p As the World Turns
01:30p Capitol
02:00p Guiding Light
03:00p Tattletales
03:30p Wheel of Fortune
04:00p Breakaway
05:00p News (local)
05:30p CBS News (Dan Rather)
Evening
06:00p News (local)
06:30p PM Magazine
07:00p Mississippi
08:00p Movie – “The Sky’s No Limit”
10:00p News (local)
10:30p The Jeffersons
11:00p Magnum, P.I.
12:10a McCloud
01:30a CBS News

KSTP, Channel 5 (ABC)
Morning
05:00a Film
05:30a Health Field
06:00a News (local)
07:00a Good Morning America (Hartman/Lunden)
09:00a Family
10:00a Benson
10:30a Loving
11:00a Family Feud
11:30a Ryan’s Hope
Afternoon
12:00p All My Children
01:00p One Life to Live
02:00p General Hospital
03:00p Good Company
04:00p Happy Days Again
04:30p Eyewitness Afternoon
05:00p News (local)
05:30p ABC News (Jennings)
Evening
06:00p News (local)
06:30p Entertainment Tonight
07:00p Olympics (Hockey)
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Nightline
11:30p Movie – “Here Comes the Navy” (B&W)
01:10a Movie – “Hotel Sahara” (B&W)
03:00a Movie – “Winner Take All”

KMSP, Channel 9 (Ind.)
Morning
05:00a News (local)
05:30a Jimmy Swaggert
06:00a Gary Randall
06:30a :20 Minute Workout
07:00a Superfriends
07:30a Tom and Jerry
08:00a The Flintstones
08:30a Great Space Coaster
09:00a Gilligan’s Island
09:30a Morning Stretch
10:00a Woman to Woman
11:00a Big Valley
Afternoon
12:00p News (local)
01:00p Love Connection
01:30p The Joker’s Wild
02:00p Tic Tac Dough
02:30p Woody Woodpecker
03:00p Scooby Doo
03:30p He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
04:00p Little House on the Prairie
05:00p Love Boat
Evening
06:00p Taxi
06:30p People’s Court
07:00p Hawaii Five-O
08:00p Barney Miller
08:30p All in the Family
09:00p News (local)
10:00p Taxi
10:30p The Rockford Files
11:30p Top 40 Videos
12:00a Thicke of the Night
01:30a Movie – “One of My Wives Is Missing”
03:30a Movie – “Only With Married Men” [this may explain the title of the previous movie – MH]

WTCN, Channel 11 (NBC)
Morning
05:00a Courtship of Eddie’s Father
05:30a My Three Sons
06:00a Ag-Day
06:30a NBC News (John Dancy)
07:00a Today (Gumbel/Chung)
09:00a The Facts of Life
09:30a Sale of the Century
10:00a Wheel of Fortune
10:30a Dream House
11:00a Mary Tyler Moore
11:30a Search for Tomorrow
Afternoon
12:00p Days of Our Lives
01:00p Another World
02:00p Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour
03:00p Laverne & Shirley & Company
03:30p Alice
04:00p One Day at a Time
04:30p Three’s Company
05:00p Newscope
05:30p News (local)
Evening
06:00p NBC News (Tom Brokaw)
06:30p Family Feud
07:00p The A-Team
08:00p Riptide
09:00p Remington Steele
10:00p News (local)
10:35p M*A*S*H
11:05p Tonight Show (guests Harry Anderson, Michael Murphey, Jim Fowler)
12:05a Late Night with David Letterman (guest Robert Klein)
01:05a News (local)
01:40a Movie – “The Hospital”
03:30a Mission: Impossible
04:30a Mary Tyler Moore

KTCI, Channel 17 (PBS)
Afternoon
05:00p Sesame Street
Evening
06:00p Nightly Business Rept
06:30p Over Easy
07:00p Austin City Limits
08:00p MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour
09:00p Nova
10:00p American Playhouse
11:30p New Tech Time

WFBT, Channel 29 (Ind.)
Morning
06:00a Jim Bakker
07:00a Breakfast With Casey Jones
08:00a Inspector Gadget
08:30a D. James Kennedy
09:00a 700 Club
10:30a Jimmy Swaggert
11:00a Jim Bakker
Afternoon
12:00p Rejoice
12:30p Another Life
01:00p That Girl
01:30p Merv Griffin (guests Debby Boone, Robert Foxworth)
02:30p Treasure Hunt
03:00p Family Affair
03:30p Inspector Gadget
04:00p Lone Ranger (B&W)
04:30p F-Troop
05:00p Get Smart
05:30p Dick Van Dyke (B&W)
Evening
06:00p Adam-12
06:30p 700 Club
08:00p Jim Bakker
09:00p Children Between Life and Death
10:00p Rejoice
10:30p Emergency
11:30p Movie – “Vampire Bat” (B&W)

KXLI, Channel 41 (Ind.) St. Cloud
Morning
06:00a Biznet News
08:00a Cartoon Carnival
08:30a Muppet Show
09:00a Daniel Boone
10:00a Streets of San Francisco
11:00a Hawaii Five-O
Afternoon
12:00p FNN Financial News
01:00p The Millionaire (B&W)
01:30p Burns and Allen (B&W)
02:00p Our Miss Brooks (B&W)
02:30p Andy Griffith (B&W)
03:00p Beverly Hillbillies
03:30p My Favorite Martian
04:00p Inspector Gadget
04:30p He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
05:00p Leave It to Beaver (B&W)
05:30p Twilight Zone (B&W)
Evening
06:00p M*A*S*H
06:30p WKRP in Cincinnati
07:00p Family
08:00p Movie – “Frenzy”
10:00p One Day at a Time
10:30p The Rockford Files
11:30p Alfred Hitchcock (B&W)
12:00a FNN Financial News

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

Back then, the men's hockey competition at the Winter Olympics would actually begin the day before the opening ceremony.

Besides the game (in which the U.S. lost to Canada), the program also included a preview of the Olympics.

I suspect that since the game wasn't live (it was played about twelve hours earlier), that the game was shown in its entirety. With the intermissions cut-out; which would have filled two hours. The game was preceded or followed by a general Olympic preview which likely lasted about an hour.

The U.S. had won the gold in 1980, and ABC was hyping that they'd win it again. Most hockey experts, however, thought that the best the U.S. could hope for was maybe a third-place bronze medal, but only if "everything fell into place".

The U.S. finished seventh that year.

 

[Wright County Guy]

Great memories! I was 9 at the time....

For those of you outside of the market, Channel 41 came on the air in '82 as a St. Cloud station, about 60 miles northwest of the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro. 41 was able to convince syndicators that they were not a Minneapolis station, but Central Minnesota, so they were able to pick up some top syndication products for low, low prices.

This appears to be the beginning of the end for 41, as the Minneapolis stations raised holy hell, and some of the syndicated products disappeared (I remember Donahue running at 11am on 41, while it ran at 8am on 4). MASH and Rockford still got a double run in '84.

And yes, Virginia, nighttime Wheel ran at 3:30 for its first year in MSP. That didn't last long.

11's schedule is certainly the one that stands out: no "Hot Potato" at 11; NBC news at 6 to counter-program channels 4 & 5, and, oh yeah, Johnny and Dave delayed 35 minutes!!!

 

[Marckd]

Would love to also have a Sunday Schedule from this time period. Thanks SO MUCH for the Mid Week Schedule. Interesting to see the Religious version of Channel 29 prior to its sale. That station had a few shows you aould not expect to find on a Family type station. Was thinking more sitcoms would have aired there. Still it was a couple months from being overhauled and filling a huge hole.

How is 41 running shows owned in Minneaoplis by other stations? Far enough away to be allowed to duplicate some syndicated shows? That is my guess

 

[DToTheJ]

So Minneapolis was another market where "Bandstand" was shunned locally, huh?

 

[Wright County Guy]

@Marckd: KXLI was able to convince the syndicators that they were a Central Minnesota station....

@DToTheJ: KXLI picked up the end of Bandstand's run in about '85 when the syndicators wised up to the station. ;D

 

[Mitchell H]

Would love to also have a Sunday Schedule from this time period. Thanks SO MUCH for the Mid Week Schedule. Interesting to see the Religious version of Channel 29 prior to its sale. That station had a few shows you aould not expect to find on a Family type station. Was thinking more sitcoms would have aired there. Still it was a couple months from being overhauled and filling a huge hole.

How is 41 running shows owned in Minneaoplis by other stations? Far enough away to be allowed to duplicate some syndicated shows? That is my guess

Your wish is my command...

Sunday, February 5, 1984
KTCA, Channel 2 (PBS)
Morning
07:00a Sesame Street
08:00a Matinee at the Bijou
09:30a New Tech Times
10:00a Nature of Things
11:00a Enterprise
11:30a Inside Story
Afternoon
12:00p Minnesota Issues
12:30p Weekend
01:00p Tennis – Bacardi Governor’s Cup
03:00p Mystery – Reilly, Ace of Spies, Pt. 3
04:00p The Pallisters
05:00p All Creatures Great and Small
Evening
06:00p Austin City Limits (Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson)
07:00p Survival
08:00p Nature
09:00p Masterpiece Theatre – The Irish R.M., Pt. 2
10:00p Nova
11:00p Frontline
12:00a Latenight America

WCCO, Channel 4 (CBS)
Morning
06:30a Fat Albert
07:00a Sunday Morning with John Gallos
08:00a CBS News Sunday Morning
09:30a Little Rascals (B&W)
10:25a Business Scene
10:30a Face the Nation
11:00a McHale’s Navy (B&W)
11:30a The Day Dad Got Fired
Afternoon
12:00p College Basketball – Oregon St. vs Michigan St.
02:00p Golf – Bing Crosby National Pro Am
05:00p CBS News (Morton Dean)
05:30p News (local)
Evening
06:00p 60 Minutes
07:00p Four Seasons
07:30p Movie – “Chariots of Fire”
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Benny Hill
11:00p Barnaby Jones
12:00a Movie – “The Cocoanuts”
01:55a 55 CBS News

KSTP, Channel 5 (ABC)
Morning
05:30a Film
06:00a Dialogue
06:30a Your Church of the Air
07:00a World Tomorrow With Herbert W. Armstrong
07:30a NAACP Forum
08:00a Oral Roberts
08:30a Lowell Lundstrom
09:00a Rex Humbard
09:30a Robert Schuller
10:30a This Week with David Brinkley
11:30a Matrix
Afternoon
12:00p Fishing with Roland Martin
12:30p Championship Fishing
01:00p Superstars
02:30p US-USSR Boxing
03:30p Wide World of Sports (Superbikers, Figure Skating)
05:00p ABC News (Sam Donaldson)
05:30p News (local)
Evening
06:00p Ripley’s Believe It or Not!
07:00p Hardcastle and McCormick
08:00p Movie - “My Mother’s Secret Life”
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Movie – “Dark Alibi”
11:45p Entertainment This Week
12:45a Music Magazine
01:15a ABC News (Tom Jarriel)
01:30a Movie – “Time for Loving”
03:35a Movie – “The Gorilla” (B&W)

KSTP, Channel 9 (Ind.)
Morning
05:30a Rhoda
06:00a The Big Valley
07:00a The Jetsons
07:30a Popeye
08:00a Day of Discovery
08:30a D. James Kennedy
09:00a Jerry Falwell
10:00a Good Times
10:30a Good Times
11:00a Wrestling
Afternoon
12:00p The Munsters (B&W)
12:30p The Addams Family (B&W)
01:00p Fantasy Island
02:00p Movie – “Dragnet”
04:00p Wonder Woman
05:00p CHiPs
Evening
06:00p Fame
07:00p Hee Haw
08:00p Movie – “The Couple Takes a Wife” [Not as kinky as it sounds - this is OTA, after all]
09:30p News (local)
10:00p The Odd Couple
10:30p Solid Gold
11:30p Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
01:30a Austin City Limits Encore
02:00a News (local)

WTCN, Channel 11 (NBC)
Morning
05:30a My Three Sons
06:00a People, Places and Things
06:30a Probe
07:00a Concern
07:30a Centro Cultural Chicano
08:00a Harambee
08:30a My Three Sons
09:00a Jimmy Swaggert
10:00a Kenneth Copeland
11:00a Wild Kingdom
11:30a Meet the Press
Afternoon
12:00p World Cup Skiing
01:00p Movie – “Dirty Harry”
03:00p Sportsworld (Skiing, Figure Skating)
05:00p The Muppet Show
05:30p News (local)
Evening
06:00p First Camera
07:00p Knight Rider
08:00p Movie – “On Golden Pond”
10:15p News (local)
10:50p M*A*S*H
11:20p Ski Country
11:50p Bob Newhart
12:20a Movie – “Homeboy”
02:20a News (local)
02:55a Movie – “A Thousand Clowns” (B&W)
04:45a Mary Tyler Moore

WFBT, Channel 29 (Ind.)
Morning
07:00a W.V. Grant, Jr.
07:30a Dr. Cho
08:00a Richard Angwin
09:00a Kenneth Copeland
10:00a Dwight Thompson
11:00a North Heights Hour
Afternoon
12:00p Gospel Bill
12:30p Herald of Truth
01:00p Movie – “Private Buckaroo”
03:00p Movie – “Thunder in the City”
04:00p Rejoice
04:30p Pastor’s Study
05:00p Lester Sumrall Teaches
05:30p Blackwood Brothers
Evening
06:00p Glory of God
06:30p Oral Roberts
07:00p D. James Kennedy
08:00p John Ankerberg
08:30p LaHayes on Family Life
09:00p Lowell Lundstrom
09:30p Peter Popoff
10:00p In Touch
11:00p Jack Van Impe
11:30p Zola Levitt
12:00a Christian Children’s Fund
01:00a Jim Bakker

KXLI, Channel 41 (Ind.) St. Cloud
Morning
07:00a Cartoon Festival
08:00a Blackstar
08:30a Flipper
09:00a Gentle Ben
09:30a Beverly Hillbillies
10:00a Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew
11:00a Dance Show
Afternoon
12:00p Music Magazine
12:30p Pop ‘n’ Rocker Game
01:00p America’s Top 10
01:30p Cisco Kid
02:00p Movie – “Scudda-Hoo! Scudda-Hay!”
04:00p NASL Indoor Soccer (Chicago vs. Golden Bay)
Evening
06:00p To Be Announced
06:30p New Generation Hair Care
07:00p The Fugitive (B&W)
08:00p Movie – “Torn Curtain”
10:00p Movie – “Claudia”
11:30p This Is Your Life

 

[Marckd]

Little Rascals were on a CBS affiliate but on weekends only. McHales Navy still on WCCO. A bit unusual for McHale. Rascals as a weekend morning show on a network affiliate was not that unusual. Still a better weekday independent station type show.

WTCN was quite a wierd NBC affiliate. Still quite a few classic sitcoms which was a bit unusual but many recent ones which was more common for affiliates. Owned by Gannett by then Channel 11 still had many Metromedia Characteristics. Most of the sitcoms were likely holdovers from Metromedia's buys. They bought many of the sitcoms while still an independent station. Surprised that Metromedia even wanted NBC shows for Channel 11. If I ran the station back then I would have refused NBC shows and let Channel 9 have it. NBC would and should have been stuck with Channel 9.

Channel 9 KMSP was a decent independent but 11 would have made a better one being run by Metromedia and had they been an independent Gannett probably would not have bought them. KMSP was running a few more barter first run shows than I would think.

Channel 29 was a wierd religious channel. I could see all religious or a religious channel with more kid and family fare. But Channel 29 had some family and kids secular shows but had a few shows not all that family like as well plus they had mixed up the shows in a wierd way. Hours you would think would be religious were secular and hours you would think would be secular were religious. Sunday they did run a couple hours of secular and I would think they would be all religious Sundays. Anyhow the station was about to be sold and converted to a traditional independent station a couple months later. Maybe sometime in the future we could see a fall 84 schedule. My oldest TV guide for this market was in 1986. This is one of the few large markets I have never been to and Minnesota was one of the few states I have never been to.

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